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Cuius regio, eius religio
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The slogan
cuius regio eius religio (Latin, “whose land, his religion”) was coined early in the 17th century by the Protestant canon lawyer Joachim Stephani to describe key principle of the Peace of Augsburg of September 29, 1555, which gave the Imperial estates the freedom of deciding between Catholicism (Roman Catholic Church) and Lutheranism (Protestantism; Protestant churches) in their own territories. The “Perpetual Peace” (King's peace) of 1495 was thereby extended to religious concerns, and Im…
Date:
2019-10-14
